Mexico Under Siege: Drug cartels' new weaponry means war
Narcotics traffickers are acquiring firepower more appropriate to an army — including grenade launchers and antitank rockets — and the police are feeling outgunned. Reporting from Zihuatanejo, Mexico,...
View ArticleChavez: Venezuela progressing towards food independence
(Xinhua) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that the government has set targets for exporting food to neighbor countries and is progressing towards food independence. During his weekly...
View ArticleFederal agents hunt for guns, one house at a time
Success on the front lines of a government blitz on gunrunners supplying Mexican drug cartels with Houston weaponry hinges on logging heavy miles and knocking on countless doors. _________ In front of...
View ArticleMSM: Calderón’s U.S. Funded Army Accused of Torture in Drug War
(WPost) – The Mexican army has carried out forced disappearances, acts of torture and illegal raids in pursuit of drug traffickers, according to documents and interviews with victims, their families,...
View ArticleSo Far From God, So Close to Wall St.
This past winter both the outgoing director of the CIA and a separate Pentagon report declared political instability in Mexico to be on a par with Pakistan and Iran as top-ranking threats to US...
View ArticleMexican Official Accuses CIA Of ‘Managing’ Not ‘Fighting’ The Drug Trade
(BusinessInsider) – A Mexican state government spokesman told Al Jazeera that the CIA and other international security forces “don’t fight drug traffickers” as much as “try to manage the drug trade,”...
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